Greg.A.A.Früchtnicht-Ponchak.

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  D.L. 6.71
• 1
  For each (form-of-)living, there is a lived(-experience) which is – or lived(-experiences) which are – necessary to render it livable.
• 1.1
  Lived(-experience) is lived in living.
• 2
  A (form-of-)living can be considered ascetic to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived(-experience) necessary to render a formerly unlivable (form-of-)living livable (§1, §1.1). ¹
• 2.1
  In this way, ascesis has for its occasion an unlivable (form-of-)living.
• 2.2
  In ascesis, the lived(-experience) which is necessary to render the occasioning (form-of-)living livable is lived through the living of already-livable (forms-of-)living.
• 2.3
  There are not ascetic (forms-of-)living and non-ascetic (forms-of-)living; rather, a (form-of-)living is only ascetic to the extent that it is lived in order to live the lived(-experience) necessary to render the occasioning (form-of-)living livable.
• 2.3.1
  Each (form-of-)living can be lived as ascesis (§1.1, §2.2).
• 3
  Two (forms-of-)living can be said to be 'incompatible' to the extent that the lived(-experience) which is necessary to render one (form-of-)living livable also renders the other unlivable.
• 3.1
  Insofar as the occasioning (form-of-)living is incompatible with other (forms-of-)living, ascesis necessarily entails the renunciation of those incompatible (forms-of-)living.
• 3.2
  In ascesis, the renunciation of a (form-of-)living is secondary to, and a consequence of, the living of the lived(-experience) necessary to render the occasioning (form-of-)living livable.
• 3.3
  Ascesis does not entail the renunciation of living as such, only the renunciation of (forms-of-)living which are incompatible with the occasioning (form-of-)living (§3.1).
• 4
  To the extent that lives share a (form-of-)living, they can be said to live-in-common.
• 4.1
  Just as there is a lived(-experience) which is – or lived(-experiences) which are – necessary to render each (form-of-)living livable (§1), there is also a lived(-experience) which is – or lived(-experiences) which are – necessary to render each ((form-of-)living-in-)common livable.
• 4.2
  Ascesis, insofar as it is lived in order to live the lived(-experience) necessary to render a formerly unlivable (form-of-)living livable, can also be lived in order to live the lived(-experience) necessary to render a formerly unlivable ((form-of-)living-in-)common livable.
• 5
  The (form-of-)living which occasions ascesis can be adopted as either the (form-of-)living or as a (form-of-)living.
• 5.1
  Insofar as the occasioning (form-of-)living is adopted as the (form-of-)living, it does not merely serve as an occasion for ascesis, but also as the telos for living.
• 5.1.1
  As the telos for living, the occasioning (form-of-)living is adopted as the form-of-(forms-of-)living.
• 5.1.2
  In order for the occasioning (form-of-)living to serve as the telos for living, it must be possible for every livable (form-of-)living to be lived in accordance with it.
• 5.1.3
  Thus, ascesis, insofar as its occasion is adopted as the (form-of-)living, is lived in order to live the lived(-experience) necessary for all livable (forms-of-)living to be lived in accordance with the occasioning (form-of-)living, thereby rendering the occasioning (form-of-)living livable as the (form-of-)living.
• 5.2
  Insofar as the occasioning (form-of-)living is adopted as a (form-of-)living, it serves merely (cf. §5.1) as an occasion for ascesis (and therefore living).
• 5.2.1
  As a mere occasion for living, the occasioning (form-of-)living is adopted as one (form-of-)living amongst others (cf. §5.1.1).
• 5.2.2
  As such, ascesis, insofar as its occasion is adopted as a (form-of-)living, is simply (cf. §5.1.3) lived in order to live the lived(-experience) necessary to render the occasioning (form-of-)living livable as a (form-of-)living.
• 5.3
  To adopt the occasioning (form-of-)living as the (form-of-)living is to adopt it as the end of living (living for the form).
  
  On the contrary, to adopt the occasioning (form-of-)living as a (form-of-)living is to adopt it as a means for (en-livening) living (a form for living).
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1. Here, 'ascesis' is described by means of 'living' in order to unbind it from the (religious, spiritual, moral, athletic, etc.) teloi which often restrict it, thereby making possible the conception of novel forms of ascesis – forms of ascesis which are necessary to render yet-unlived (forms-of-)living livable.